At UNC Kenan-Flagler, we believe that our students enhance their personal leadership skills through participation, practice, and evaluation. That’s why we have developed a leadership program based on our widely-recognized continuous learning model of principles, practice, feedback, and reflection to help you develop and enhance the leadership skills that are critical for business success. With a personalized approach, you can adapt the leadership curriculum to reach your specific goals. Whether you are one step from the C-Suite at a small organization, or moving into a middle-level role at a Fortune 500 company, you can create a leadership curriculum designed around your objectives.

UNC Kenan-Flagler is:

Ranked #7 by Bloomberg Business Week as a Top School for Leadership

The only Executive MBA program to utilize The Center for Creative Leadership’s (CCL) Benchmarks 360 assessment tool and Certified Benchmarks Coaches. The CCL has been recognized as one of the top providers of leadership development worldwide.

Learn leadership principles in the Executive MBA Program at UNC Kenan-Flagler

Leadership core courses: You will learn leadership theory and principles through core courses.

Leadership elective courses: Weekend and Evening MBA students can choose from a range of leadership elective courses. Two of the most popular, Leading in the Middle and Negotiations, are included in the Global OneMBA curriculum. After graduation, you can take unlimited leadership and other elective courses for a nominal fee.

Apply leadership principles through practice

Teambuilding: Collaboration and teamwork are integrated into UNC Kenan-Flagler’s MBA culture and curriculum. As in the business world, your success will depend on your team working together to complete course projects.

Networking: As an EMBA student, you’ll be invited to various networking events. You'll also have access to UNC Kenan-Flagler's alumni database, where you can connect with career advisers and network with UNC Kenan-Flagler alumni. > More on UNC Kenan-Flagler Alumni Network

Management simulations: You will participate in hands-on simulations that mirror real-life leadership challenges.

Gain feedback on your leadership skills and progress

Individual, peer and management assessments: You’ll gain insight on your leadership abilities through feedback from your peers, staff and managers using the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) Benchmarks 360 survey, a world-renowned global leadership development tool. This feedback will be invaluable as you develop and refine your Professional Development Plan.

Throughout the MBA program, you’ll participate in other personal and peer assessments so you can track your progress.

Reflect and develop action plans to grow as a leader

Professional Development Plan (PDP): You will capitalize on your leadership feedback by creating your PDP, which includes specific, actionable steps you will take to enhance your leadership skills and advance your career.

Students have unlimited access to the UNC Kenan-Flagler Career & Leadership Services staff, who are seasoned coaches.

Executive Coaching

In addition to the extensive leadership and career services outlined above,

Weekend Executive MBA students will also receive ongoing executive coaching from a certified executive coach throughout their time in the program. You will meet one-on-one with your coach at least 6 times throughout the MBA experience to deep dive into your leadership development and thread together your learning experiences over time. All certified coaches follow a specific coaching regimen outlined by UNC Kenan-Flagler Career & Leadership Services to ensure a consistent, high-quality and impactful leadership development experience for every student.

Global OneMBA students will immerse themselves in executive leadership development designed specifically for global leaders. As part of UNC Kenan-Flagler’s educational consortium with other Global OneMBA schools, the best Leadership and Organizational Behavior professors have collaborated to design this exclusive leadership development experience. You will enjoy a core global leadership curriculum and will work with a certified executive coach twice during the program.

Evening MBA students will receive an Executive Coaching session to examine the results of the Center for Creative Leadership Benchmarks 360 assessment, and help them develop a plan of action. This personal Executive Coaching session will help you understand your leadership style, create an action plan for success, and identify the strengths of your leadership. In addition, the Executive Coaching session will provide you with an opportunity to ask specific questions regarding the CCL Benchmark and interpretation of results. This comprehensive session is one example of the multiple leadership activities for Evening MBA students.